1159
year
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1159 (MCLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1159th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 159th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 12th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1150s decade. As of the start of 1159, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
Decades: | 1120s 1130s 1140s – 1150s – 1160s 1170s 1180s |
Years: | 1156 1157 1158 – 1159 – 1160 1161 1162 |
Gregorian calendar | 1159 MCLIX |
Ab urbe condita | 1912 |
Armenian calendar | 608 ԹՎ ՈԸ |
Assyrian calendar | 5909 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1080–1081 |
Bengali calendar | 566 |
Berber calendar | 2109 |
English Regnal year | 5 Hen. 2 – 6 Hen. 2 |
Buddhist calendar | 1703 |
Burmese calendar | 521 |
Byzantine calendar | 6667–6668 |
Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3855 or 3795 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3856 or 3796 |
Coptic calendar | 875–876 |
Discordian calendar | 2325 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1151–1152 |
Hebrew calendar | 4919–4920 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1215–1216 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1080–1081 |
- Kali Yuga | 4259–4260 |
Holocene calendar | 11159 |
Igbo calendar | 159–160 |
Iranian calendar | 537–538 |
Islamic calendar | 553–554 |
Japanese calendar | Hōgen 4 / Heiji 1 (平治元年) |
Javanese calendar | 1065–1066 |
Julian calendar | 1159 MCLIX |
Korean calendar | 3492 |
Minguo calendar | 753 before ROC 民前753年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −309 |
Seleucid era | 1470/1471 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1701–1702 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1285 or 904 or 132 — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1286 or 905 or 133 |
Events
change- In the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinals are given the right of election of the Pope. Prior to this, the pope was selected by election by the clergy and congregation of the church.
- Heiji Rebellion in Japan
- Tunis is conquered by the Almohad caliphs.
- Marie of Boulogne becomes the Countess of Boulogne
Deaths
change- September 1: Pope Adrian IV dies.